Tufael was formerly Project Director of a private equity company, where he was responsible for the strategic planning of resources, systems, processes and procedures for each of the group’s companies. He was also a key advisor to the board of directors, providing strategic input on operational decisions as well as technology-focussed potential investments.

Previously, Tufael has been involved in technology for over 20 years, having co-owned and built two technology companies, one in solutions and the other in software. He shared responsibility for building them from the ground up and is well suited to providing advice to startups and growing businesses.

Tufael now works as a freelance consultant to SMEs who require support on business strategy and operational activities, in particular organisations that have a critical technological element. He is also passionate about local communities and their engagement with civil society. He contributes to a number of community-based organisations in his spare time.

Sue worked in health care, community development and television before joining The Body Shop International where she became the uniquely titled General Manager for Company Culture, an organization development role. In that role Sue was responsible for ensuring that the experience of those who worked for the company and therefore the culture, was aligned with The Body Shop’s high profile external image. Her department covered employee wellbeing, volunteering, celebrations and managing change. Having held internal responsibility for organisation development, Sue then went on to consult on OD and to set up “Hot Brushes “a business specializing in using the visual arts in organisations.

Sue then joined Roffey Park where she was the Director for the Organisational Development Practionner Programme for six years. Creating the environment in which voices can be heard has been central to Sue’s work; she is a qualified coach, mentor and facilitator, has run more than 100 large group interventions across all business sectors and specializes in participative ways of working. Sue has run her own consultancy business for the last six years, finding delight in, working in Asia where she is an advisor to the Civil Service College and in the UK supporting the introduction of Buurtzorg a Netherlands based healthcare model. Sue is an active supporter of Freedom from Torture and the creator of the Living Advent Calendar for them.

Karen has worked as a business administrator for a number of key organisations. At the think tank New Economy, she supported and developed the online platform of the youth employment initiative Greater Manchester Talent Match. This bought together a multidisciplinary team of organisations working to support unemployed young people onto a pathway to work. With a degree in Environmental Business Management, she is a keen advocate of environmental sustainability and social responsibility. In a recent role at the University of Manchester, she supported a number of the key sustainability initiatives and also developed a project to take the subject of Computer  Science out to schools in rural Malawi.